The Times Specialist - Crossword Answers | 2019 12 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Colloquial name for a country bumpkin HODGE
Nickname given to Private Honus Gant in this 1970 film SOLDIER BLUE
Notorious criminal killed with his partner in 1934 CLYDE BARROW
Pedlar of religious works COLPORTEUR
Portuguese runner Fernando ____ held the 10,000m world record for five years from 1984, but won no European or global championship medals MAMEDE
Photographic lens which corrects coma and spherical aberration ANASTIGMAT
River which reaches the sea at Newhaven OUSE
Rounded square of cardboard, about 95mm across BEERMAT
Scottish outlaw, subject of an 1817 novel by Walter Scott ROB ROY
Stage name of rapper and actor Tracy Marrow Ice-T
The fourth and final No 1 single of T. Rex METAL GURU
The Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin departments, a former region of France ALSACE
Someone born between April 21 and May 20 TAUREAN
BRITISH EXPLORER, THE FIRST PERSON TO VISIT THE NORTH POLE AND SOUTH POLE WITHOUT FLYING RANULPH FIENNES
COCKTAIL MADE WITH VODKA AND ORANGE JUICE SCREWDRIVER
French chef who trained Heston Blumenthal and Marco Pierre White RAYMOND BLANC
Cut of meat from between ribs and rump LOIN
From the French for “powdered gold”, an 18th and 19th-century decorative technique used for clocks and similar articles ORMOLU
John Denver hit, also recorded by flautist James Galway Annie's Song
FEMALE EX-PUPIL ALUMNA
DIVINE PERSONIFICATION OF STRENGTH IN GREEK MYTH; CENTRAL CHARACTER IN THE GOD OF WAR SERIES OF VIDEO GAMES KRATOS
A ten millionth of a joule ERG
A sliding window frame SASH
Greek name for the Devil in the Book of Revelation APOLLYON
Home secretary 2016-2018 AMBER RUDD
Home ground of Atletico Madrid Wanda Metropolitano
King of Mercia who had an earthen barrier built between England and Wales OFFA
Kurt ____ was chief conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra, 1970-96 MASUR
CHARLES MARLOW IS THE CENTRAL CHARACTER OF THIS OLIVER GOLDSMITH COMEDY She Stoops to Conquer
Venice’s market moved to this district in 1097 RIALTO
Zodiac sign between Aquarius and Aries PISCES
Sixth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year ELUL
The art of growing dwarf trees BONSAI
The capital of New Jersey TRENTON
100 cents in Ethiopia BIRR
Slogan associated with Vans apparel OFF THE WALL
A living thing represented in decoration BIOMORPH
A maker of barrels COOPER
1952 John Steinbeck novel EAST OF EDEN
____ beat Maria Sharapova (2011) and Eugenie Bouchard (2014) to become Wimbledon champion PETRA KVITOVA
ONE EIGHTH OF A DOLLAR, BEFORE US CURRENCY BECAME DECIMAL IN 1794 BIT
“A moral, sensible and well-bred man, / Will not ____ me, and no other can” (William Cowper) AFFRONT
____ played the title role in the film Lawrence of Arabia Peter O'Toole
A colourless orange-flavoured liqueur TRIPLE SEC
A group of armed Zulu warriors IMPI
Actor who played Reg Holdsworth in Coronation Street Ken Morley
Author of the 1975 novel Humboldt’s Gift SAUL BELLOW
Body of water noted for its tidal range BAY OF FUNDY
Boulevard which runs from the Berlin City Palace to the Brandenburg Gate UNTER DEN LINDEN
Captain of the victorious West Indies team in the first two cricket world cups CLIVE LLOYD